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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it's regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. -Sydney J. Harris We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created
them. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the
unreasonable man. It is better to be hated for what one is, than to be loved for what
one is not. Why did he hire you, your master, then? Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more
important than any one thing.
Better one's own duty, though imperfect, than another's duty well
perfomed. A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out
to sea and do new things. There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, The man who can really stand alone in the world, only taking counsel
from his conscience- that man is a hero. If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. -Soren Kierkegaard To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way
to make money. I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the
ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Four things come not back: Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy
much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor
defeat. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an
uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can
labor in freedom. Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Make big plans;
aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble and logical diagram once recorded will
never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing. Even if you are in a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle. - Confucius (B.C. 551-479) I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. In seeking wisdom thou art wise; War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight- The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage. - Thucydides, at Pericles' funeral oration I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. - Albert Einstein Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. - Confucius One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only
interests. He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. How far you go in life depends on your being - George Washington Carver Notice the difference between when a mans says to himself, 'I have failed,' three
times, All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavours; if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed. - Pharaoh Akhenaton (ca. 1375 B.C.) The object of the superior man is truth. -Confucius Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. - Confucius |
